1970 Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands parliamentary election

Parliamentary elections were held in the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands on 3 November 1970.

Electoral system

The bicameral Congress consisted of a 12-member Senate with two members from each of the six districts and a 21-member House of Representatives with seats apportioned to each district based on their population – five from Truk, four from the Marshall Islands and Ponape, three from the Mariana Islands and Palau and two from Yap.[1]

Elections were held every two years in November of even-numbered years, with all members of the House of Representatives and half the Senate (one member from each district) renewed at each election.

Results

Senate

District Elected Member Notes
MarianasEdward Pangelinan
MarshallsAmata KabuaRe-elected
PalauRoman TmetuchlPreviously a Representative
PonapeAmbilos Iehsi
TrukAndon AmaraichRe-elected
YapPetrus Tun
Source: TTPI

House of Representatives

District Constituency Elected Member Notes
Marianas1st DistrictFelipe Atalig
2nd DistrictCarlos Shoda
3rd DistrictHerman Q. Guerrero
Marshalls4th DistrictCharles DomnickRe-elected
5th DistrictHenry SamuelRe-elected
6th DistrictEkpap SilkRe-elected
7th DistrictAtaji BalosRe-elected
Palau8th DistrictTimothy OlkeriilResults annulled
9th DistrictGeorge Ngirarsaol
10th DistrictTarkong Pedro
Ponape11th DistrictJoab SigrahRe-elected
12th DistrictBethwel HenryRe-elected
13th DistrictHeinrich IriarteRe-elected
14th DistrictOlter PaulRe-elected
Truk15th DistrictRaymond SetikRe-elected
16th DistrictSasauo HaruoRe-elected
17th DistrictEndy DoisRe-elected
18th DistrictMasao NakayamaRe-elected
19th DistrictHans WilianderRe-elected
Yap20th DistrictJohn MangefelRe-elected
21st DistrictJohn N. RugulimarRe-elected
Source: TTPI, Highlights

Aftermath

Following the elections, the Progressive Party submitted a petition to annul the election results in Palau, where the Liberal Party had won all four contested seats (Roman Tmetuchl in the Senate and George Ngirarsaol, Timothy Olkeriil and Tarkong Pedro in the House of Representatives).[2] The Progressives claimed that non-registered people had been able to vote, and ballots had been tampered with. A Senate committee subsequently recommended that the election of Tmetuchl be annulled.[3] However, the Senate voted to allow Tmetuchl to take his seat, although the election of the three Palau House of Representatives members was annulled.[4]

When the newly elected Congress met, Bethwel Henry of Ponape was re-elected Speaker of the House of Representatives and Amata Kabua of the Marshall Islands was re-elected President of the Senate.[3]

The by-election for the three House of Representatives seats in Palau was held on 30 March, with Polycarp Basilius, Olkeriil and Pedro elected.[5]

References

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